{"id":6021,"date":"2019-11-08T15:40:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T14:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cherrydeck.com\/blog\/?p=6021"},"modified":"2021-02-18T15:10:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T14:10:20","slug":"how-to-create-a-great-paper-portfolio-dharma-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherrydeck.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-great-paper-portfolio-dharma-taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create a Great Paper Portfolio \u2014 With Dharma Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a visual artist on the rise, Dharma Taylor<\/a> considers that printing her work helps her to translate her vision and stories in meetings and presentations. Take a read into her tips on how to create a great paper portfolio.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In \u201cHow to Create a Great Paper Portfolio\u201d we ask visual artists about their view on printed photography portfolios and invite them to share their experience when it comes to producing a high-quality book. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, it’s Dharma Taylor<\/a> who joins us for a chat. The British visual artist and designer specialises in menswear and already had her work showcased during London’s Fashion week. Her pieces are inspired by the notion of separate realities and parallel lands, exploring sources ranging from technology, poetry, ancient civilisations and the dynamic differences in cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(…) the photos are made to be printed. It kind of completes the photograph\u2019s life-span<\/em> or journey, if you like. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Dharma’s<\/a> branded portfolio box made from custom jacquard woven textile material<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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So let\u2019s go straight to the point! With Instagram, individual websites, and platforms like Cherrydeck, is a printed photography portfolio still needed?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Absolutely, I think it is actually an essential part of presenting your work. I always feel that there are so many different ways of presenting work now, most of which are on screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From all, what format have you found to work the best?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A4 for sure works best for me — I think this size is a standard, tidy format that everyone is familiar with and is able to connect with in meetings or a presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to create something with loose A4 prints that were not fixed bound, so the person I\u2019m presenting to can lay them out in front of them and be able to look at several images collectively. This works well if I\u2019m showing them to a group. Also, it\u2019s ideal to be able to add more work to the series in the future or take work out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, I recently created an A1 size print on white paper with work not included in my main printed portfolio, and this is designed to fold out like a single large map and folds back down to A4. This includes text and process imagery and again is great for presentations and encourages conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why did you decide to print your portfolio?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think it makes sense to create a physical printed portfolio that is tangible. Firstly, because the photographers I have worked with have shot on film and used a medium format, so in this respect the photos are made to be printed. It kind of completes the photograph\u2019s life-span<\/em> or journey, if you like. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the design product that I make and present is physical, it\u2019s to be touched and felt, so it\u2019s nice to be able to present the story of the product visually through something that can be picked up and brought closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this particular portfolio, I wanted to make it so that the aesthetic subtly relates to sewing or cloth in some way. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve bound the whole thing in a jacquard woven fabric design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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